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1. Legal aid grants June 2023 [xlsx, 83 KB]

   Contents Legal Aid grants Contents: Table 1a: Total number of legal aid grants, by legal aid type, 2013/2014 - 2022/2023 Table 1b: Total legal aid expenditure, by legal aid type, 2013/2014 - 2022/2023 Table 2a: Number of criminal legal aid grants, by region, 2013/2014 - 2022/2023 Table 2b: Number of family legal aid grants, by region, 2013/2014 - 2022/2023 Table 2c: Number of civil legal aid grants, by region, 2013/2014 - 2022/2023 Table 2d: Number of Waitangi Tribunal leg...

2. NZCVS-Cycle-5-Crime-scene-and-consequences-v3 [xlsx, 96 KB]

   ...1 New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey (NZCVS) Key findings – Cycle 5 (2021/22) (available at Resources and results) Enquiries Contact us for further information about these and related statistics Suggested citation Ministry of Justice. 2023. New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey. Key findings Cycle 5. Crime scene and consequences. [Data file]. Wellington: Ministry of Justice. Crown copyright © 2023 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 New Zealand l...

3. NZCVS-Cycle-5-How-much-crime-v2 [xlsx, 91 KB]

   ...1 New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey (NZCVS) Key findings – Cycle 5 (2021/22) (available at Resources and results) Enquiries Contact us for further information about these and related statistics Suggested citation Ministry of Justice. 2023. New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey. Key findings Cycle 5. How much crime is there in New Zealand? [Data file]. Wellington: Ministry of Justice. Crown copyright © 2023 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 New...

4. LCRO 23/2023 VT v NH (18 March 2025) [pdf, 231 KB]

   LEGAL COMPLAINTS REVIEW OFFICER ĀPIHA AROTAKE AMUAMU Ā-TURE [2025] NZLCRO 031 Ref: LCRO 23/2023 CONCERNING an application for review pursuant to section 193 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND CONCERNING a determination of the [Area] Standards Committee BETWEEN VT Applicant AND NH Respondent The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. Introduction [1] Mr VT has applied for a re...

5. LCRO 160/2024 XT v YQ (27 June 2025) [pdf, 219 KB]

   ...and maintain professional standards. The respondent’s principal, over-arching professional duty as a lawyer was 14 Hansen v Young [2004] 1 NZLR 37; Burcher v Auckland Standards Committee 5 [2020] NZHC 43; Auckland Standards Committee 3 v Park [2023] NZLCDT 51. 15 The applicant is not a party to the second deed but has an interest in its potential enforcement, should that circumstance arise. 13 to protect and promote the interests of Mr X and, in due course, Mr X’s estate. Hi...

6. [2022] NZEnvC 032 Currie v Palmerston North City Council [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...Ltd, trading as Soul Friend Cremations. The most recent variation to the lease is attached and marked ‘B’. 4 (Attachments omitted) [8] Ms Morrison also deposed that the lease of the Tennent Drive property is due to expire in March 2023 and that TFL seeks to relocate the pet cremation business from Tennent Drive to the Site. It is the proposal to carry out the business at the Site which is the subject of the resource consent application subject to appeal. [9] Ms Morri...

7. [2022] NZIACDT 6 IL v Khetarpal (19 April 2022) [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...not to participate in the proceedings. She has an attitude of contempt towards the disciplinary process and a lack of remorse. [10] As the Tribunal is aware, her licence was cancelled and she cannot reapply for a licence until 24 September 2023. [11] It is submitted that Ms Khetarpal should be: (1) Censured. (2) Prevented from applying for a licence for a further period of two years, running concurrently with the existing period of prevention. (3) Ordered to pay to th...

8. Auckland Standards Committee 4 v Holdaway [2022] NZLCDT 49 (22 December 2022) [pdf, 145 KB]

   ...abilities to achieve an acceptable standard of practice (timely communication and timely fidelity to client instructions) in the interim. How long will the interim suspension endure? [10] The charges have been adjourned, probably to early March 2023. Unless the interests of justice require yet another adjournment, the period of risk to her clients is more than two months. Ms Holdaway has been slow to provide material to assist us on penalty. Despite having had competent lawyers ac...

9. 20230328-Integrity-Sport-and-Recreation-Bill.pdf [pdf, 143 KB]

   LEGAL ADVICE LPA 01 01 24 16 March 2023 Hon David Parker, Attorney-General Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Integrity Sport and Recreation Bill Purpose 1. We have considered whether the Integrity Sport and Recreation Bill (the Bill) is consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (the Bill of Rights Act). 2. We have not yet received a final version of the Bill. This advice has been prepared in relation to...

10. Team Leader AODTC PD 2023 [doc, 131 KB]

    [image: image1.jpg]Team Leader AODTC Reports to Manager Legal Aid Grants Group Operations & Service Delivery Unit/Team Legal Aid Services Location Auckland and Hamilton Direct reports Nil Our Ministry Justice is the foundation of any democratic society and New Zealand has one of the most trusted public services in the world. At the Ministry of Justice, we work as one team to provide a great service to the public every day. Our team of over 4,000 people is working to